Chaging J-style from Parallel to Series

I've got a Squier Precision 5-string, which has two jazz pickups. I'd like to rewire it solely series to get a better P-bass sound out of it. Currently it's setup VVT. Is it as simple as taking the wires off of both pots and twisting two of them together and resoldering like it was a P bass?

I've got a Squier Precision 5-string, which has two jazz pickups. I'd like to rewire it solely series to get a better P-bass sound out of it. Currently it's setup VVT. Is it as simple as taking the wires off of both pots and twisting two of them together and resoldering like it was a P bass?

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Actually, yes, it is that simple, however, in that case, only one volume pot will be effective.

If you want them in series, de-solder the bridge pickups hot and the neck pickups ground and solder them together, then heat shrink or tape the connection to insulate it.

That of course leaves you with only one functional volume pot.
You can choose to leave it as it, or remove it and switch to a 3 hole control plate.

If you remove it, the tone will brighten. Whether this is good or bad depends on how bright you want your instrument.
If you want to retain the "3 pots" tone, place a 250K (or 500K?) pot from the output of the remaining volume to ground.